Showing posts with label Dais. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dais. Show all posts

Sunday, September 29, 2013

kalau ade jodoh X ribbons n ties

I first read about Kalau Ade Jodoh from Amalina of Chase The Bride when she wrote about them here, and then fell in love with their decor when she posted more of their works here

Followed them on Facebook but there hasn't been regular *regular* updates (nothing on Instagram too boohoo), but earlier today they posted a sneak peak of one of their new client's decor and I suddenly remembered again why their pelamins caught my attention:

(Credit: Kalau Ade Jodoh)

Okay, save for the rantings coming out from the vase (I think I have made it pretty clear on my blog that I hate anything branches / ranting ranting HAHA), I have mad love for everything else:

  • the plain white loveseat 

  • the minimized use of greenery and leaves - again, my dislike for excessive use of leaves is something I have made pretty clear on my blog haha

  • the lovely drapes for the dais backdrop - my mamat LURVESSSSS pelamins with that kind of drapes okay, and he actually nak that kind of backdrop for our pelamin but since I prefer something else, we have had to compromise on our own pelamin punya look and feel heh 

  • they use plain white or plain reflective flower stands for the pelamin sides (what do you call those square boxes that hold the flowers at the pelamin ah) + tall clear vases with clear water inside to hold the flowers!!!!! - my mamat and I always fret over how most local decorators will use roman vases for the pelamin flowers (which we are not really a fan of, in the first place) even when tak kena dengan the decor concept :( 

  • it's an open concept pelamin! (I love open concept pelamins)

Might not be so clear from the picture above because of the narrow picture angle so I hijack two pictures of their pelamins from Amalina to post here lah (Thank you for the permission babe!):


 (Credit: Chase The Bride)

I'm a bit disturbed by the discolouring (?) on the second setup punya carpet but that might have been caused by... I don't know - Rain water? Accidental water spillage? Which might have been an incident that happened out of their control lah eh, cannot salahkan. Oh, but kenapa the two stands (pillars?) kat depan tak sama distance from the carpet... akak anal tau benda gini! Okay okay, maybe belum adjust betul betul when this picture was taken lah hur hur. 

But I guess it's not that bad since these pelamins were not for clients' weddings, but for their showcase in April. Pretty sure they've learned from experience and made improvements over the past few months! Plus cannot ignore their lawa and improving pelamin setups lah. Only wish they'd upload more pictures on a regular basis and share pictures of the whole decor setup, including the guest area, reception area and bridal table on their social media platforms.

Oh, Amalina also mentioned that Kalau Ade Jodoh were in collaboration with Ribbons N Ties for their showcase in her entry - which is another vendor that I stumbled upon earlier when another bride-to-be in my Facebook liked their page and it appeared on my news feed (Can't remember who it was, though!) Only listed them in my Directory before this but never got round to mentioning them in an entry - they're yet another gubahan vendor for pengantins to consider, especially for those who prefer something very simple but still sedap mata memandang!








Oh, oh, oh, Ribbons N Ties also offers other services such as in-house mini dais, bridal room, bunga rampai and sireh dara!!! Power lah. I really suka you know, when wedding vendors can offer many types of services under one roof macam gitu:




(Credit: Ribbons N Ties)

Really hope to see greater and fresher offerings from Kalau Ade Jodoh and Ribbons N Ties in the near future! Macam best gitu kan when vendors start to step up their game... lucky seh all you up and coming bakal pengantin (I know there are 2016 pengantins-to-be starting to lurk around haha!). Or unlucky, since korang will become more mata rambang lah kan HAHA.

Okay nak tido now, besok this bakal retiring pengantin got more wedding errands to run.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

the era of pelamin diy

Have you all seen the super pretty nak mampos Malaysian-style-inspired local Malay wedding over the weekend??? DIY-ed by the pengantins one ok!!! Wish I can post and share the picturesss but I've only seen them off other people's Instagram feed (I scrolled through the pictures via the wedding's official hashtag) but because I'm too paiseh to wholesale hijack pictures off Instagram, I'll letak sneaks aje ok:


Sungguh awesome dot com dot SG, please!!! 

I don't know the pengantins personally but congratulations to them for pulling their DIY wedding off so well! Wish I had the guts and the balls and paling penting the urat rajin to do something crafty and creative like that for my own wedding... but I don't, so I shall besarkan mata and punggung and drool over orang lain punya aje ok. Hur hur.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

magic from across the causeway (part #4)

You know how Singaporean Malay weddings should start looking like?

They should bloody hell start looking like this:




























Click to enlarge images.

(Source: Ratio Design)

I NAK KAHWIN KAT MALAYSIA, NAK KAHWIN KAT MALAYSIA JUGAK.

*stamps feet sampai lantai ada sinkhole*

Thanks to my dear friend Nurul from across the Causeway for the heads up! (Is it just me or is it almost your first wedding anniversary in two months plus already???) Told my mat to take a look at Ratio Design over the phone earlier and we couldn't stop gawking over the dais and decor designs!!! SOOO CANTIK I WANT TO PENGSAN!!! AND MERAUNG NAK KAHWING AT MALAYSIA!!! WAAAAARGHHH!!!

Haiz. Aaaaanyway. This awesome vendor from across the Causeway also does candy buffet tables, dulang gubahan and bridal bouquets which are as awesome as their decor works so please click click click on their Facebook link to enjoy their awesomeness okkkkk. Tapi I warning dulu yang you all will geram sendiri just like what happened to me - I saw their promo quote for 1 mini dais + 7 dulang gubahan + 1 hand bouquet + 200pieces of favours for RM2200. RM2200!!!!! That's, like, SGD900?!?!?! Mother bloody of cow lah seriously. SGD900 you bayar untuk taik hidung jelah kat sini.

While browsing through Ratio Design's FB, my mat actually pointed out one thing which I do agree with: One of the possible reasons why Malaysian decor always looks so much more gorgeous and fresh than ours might be because their dais seats are always sooooo nice and exquisite and oh so dreamy and their items are always very clean and well-maintained (as opposed to Singapore punya - even the good decorators punya items kadang kadang ada nampak macam berlapuk or tua, at least from what we've seen firsthand at other weddings, so we're actually quite resigned to that fact.) 

Some people might think we're gila but my mat and I actually fret over the kerusi pelamin that we're going to choose for our wedding okay hahaha what WHAT. We saaaaayang our chosen decorators sangat sangat with our jantung and limpa all but we really cannot decide which one of their kerusi pelamin we'll eventually choose because we're not too excited about any of them :/

Tapi takpe lah eh, yang penting, as long as ada kerusi untuk duduk kat pelamin tu dah cukup bagus. Nak dreamy dreamy sangat nanti our decorators campak katil kat pelamin baru tau. Ambik kau dream. Daaaaaaahhh jadi pelamin untuk baring instead of pelamin untuk duduk eh! Macam that time I nampak pelamin terbaring kat Simei! I know it's not funny when pelamin roboh but my first thought when I saw that unfortunate incident was not "Eh! Pelamin roboh!" but "Eh! Pelamin baring!

Pandai pandai je panggil pelamin orang pelamin baring eh.

[Note: I've blogged about Malaysian wedding and their vendors here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here before.]